Name: | TOWNELEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/05/1923 |
Completed: | 07/1923 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 231 |
Dimensions: | 2872grt, 1692nrt, 334.3 x 44.6 x 21.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 337nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145532 |
History: | |
25/06/1923 | Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (Burnett & Co), Newcastle |
07/01/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 07/01/1940: Mined & sunk 1 mile ENE of the NE Spit Buoy off Margate |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal |